Systematic Reviews
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World J Meta-Anal. Dec 18, 2023; 11(7): 368-379
Published online Dec 18, 2023. doi: 10.13105/wjma.v11.i7.368
Table 1 The search strategy of the present umbrella review study
Search terms
Results
Database(s)
Anxiety in healthcare professionals pandemic82Google Scholar
Burnout in healthcare professionals pandemic50Google Scholar
[(healthcare) OR (physician) OR (health personnel)] AND [(burnout) OR (anxiety)] AND (pandemic) NOT
(intervention)
44PubMed Central; MEDLINE
[(healthcare) OR (physician) OR (health personnel)] AND [(burnout) (health personnel)] AND [(burnout) OR (anxiety)] AND (COVID-19)46PubMed Central; MEDLINE
NOT (intervention) (burnout syndrome OR anxiety) AND (healthcare workers OR medical
professionals) AND (global pandemics OR COVID-19 OR SARS OR MERS)
145PubMed Central;
MEDLINE
Table 2 Summary of articles (n = 24) that included in this umbrella review
Ref.
Database(s) searched
Study design
Studies included
Study population
Study period
Pandemic studied
Mental health outcome(s) measured
Risk of bias (quality) assessment
Burn out prevalence
Anxiety prevalence
Abdulla et al[39], 2021MEDLINE (PubMed); Cochrane Library; Scopus; Web of Science; Google; Google Scholar; ResearchGateSystematic review and meta-analysis23Multi-professional healthcare workersUntil Feb 2021COVID-19AnxietyDowns and Black checklistNIL42.87%
Adibi et al[26], 2021ISC; Magiran; PubMed; Scopus; Web of Science; Cochrane; ProQuest; Science Direct; Embase; Google ScholarSystematic Review and Meta-analysis15Multi-professional healthcare workersJan 2020 to Jun 2020COVID-19AnxietySTROBE checklistNIL30.5%
Aymerich et al[12], 2022Web of Science Core Collection; BIOSIS Citation Index; KCI-Korean Journal Database; MEDLINE; Russian Science Citation Index; SciELO Citation Index; Cochrane Central Register of Reviews; Ovid/PsycINFOSystematic Review and Meta-analysis239Multi-professional healthcare workersUntil Mar 2021COVID-19Anxiety; BurnoutNOS37.0%42.0%
Busch et al[16], 2021)PubMed; Web of Science Core Collection; MEDLINE; PsycINFOSystematic Review and Meta-analysis86Multi-professional healthcare workersUntil Oct 2020SARS, H1N1, Ebola, MERS, COVID-19Anxiety; BurnoutJBI critical appraisal tool31.81%25.36%
Chen et al[30], 2022CNKI; VIP; WanFang Data; PubMedSystematic Review and Meta-analysis30Multi-professional healthcare workersDec 2019 to Apr 2022COVID-19AnxietyAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality 11-item checklistNIL43.0%
Chigwedere et al[40], 2021PubMed; PsycInfo; PsycArticlesSystematic Review76Multi-professional healthcare workersUntil June 2020SARS, MERS, Ebola, H1N1, H7N9, COVID-19Anxiety; BurnoutJBI checklist for cross-sectional studies and cohort studiesNILNIL
Ching et al[13], 2021Medline; Cinahl; PubMed; Scopus databasesSystematic Review and Meta-analysis148Multi-professional healthcare workersUntil Mar 2021COVID-19Anxiety; BurnoutSTROBE checklist68.3%39.7%
Dong et al[24], 2021PubMed; Embase; PsycINFO; Wanfang Data; Chongqing VIP; Sinomed; Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure databasesSystematic Review and Meta-analysis22Multi-professional healthcare workersJan 2020 to Oct 2020COVID-19AnxietyAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality 11-item checklistNIL34.4%
Dutta et al[27], 2021PubMed/MEDLINE; Cochrane Library; Scopus; PsycINFOSystematic Review and Meta-analysis33Multi-professional healthcare workersDec 2019 to Aug 2020COVID-19AnxietyNOSNIL32.5%
Galanis et al[14], 2021PubMed; Scopus; ProQuest; Cochrane COVID-19 registry; CINAHL; pre-print services (medRχiv and PsyArXiv)Systematic Review and Meta-analysis6NursesJan 2020 to Nov 2020COVID-19BurnoutJBI critical appraisal toolEmotional exhaustion: 34.1%; Depersonalisation: 12.6%; Lack of personal accomplishment: 15.2%NIL
Ghahramani et al[15], 2021PubMed; Scopus; EMBASE; ScienceDirect Web of Science; Cochrane Library; ProQuestSystematic Review and Meta-analysis27Multi-professional healthcare workersUntil Jan 2021COVID-19BurnoutSTROBE checklist52.0%NIL
Gualano et al[11], 2021PubMed; Embase; SCOPUS; PsycINFOSystematic Review11Multi-professional healthcare workersJan 2020 to Nov 2020COVID-19BurnoutAXIS tool49.3% to 58.0%NIL
Hao et al[29], 2021PubMed; EMBASE; Scopus; PsycINFO; Chinese Biomedical Literature Database; China National Knowledge Infrastructure; China Science and Technology Journal Database; Wanfang databaseSystematic Review and Meta-analysis20Multi-professional healthcare workersJan 2020 to Apr 2020COVID-19AnxietyAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality 11-item checklistNIL28.6%
Hill et al[28], 2022MEDLINE; Embase; The Cochrane Library (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews); PsycINFOSystematic Review and Meta-analysis43Multi-professional healthcare workersUntil Mar 2020SARS, MERS, COVID-19AnxietyHoy quality assessment checklistNILCOVID: 16.1%; SARS: 14.8%;
MERS: 5.8%
Koontalay et al[41], 2021MEDLINE via PubMed; CINAHL Complete; Embase through Ovid; Scopus; Web of ScienceSystematic Review10Multi-professional healthcare workersNov 2020 to Feb 2021COVID-19Anxiety; BurnoutCASP Qualitative Research ChecklistNILNIL
Marvaldi et al[19], 2021PubMed; PsycINFOSystematic Review and Meta-analysis70Multi-professional healthcare workersUntil Oct 2020COVID-19AnxietyNIH’s quality assessment tool and Crombie’s itemsNIL30.0%
Pappa et al[18], 2020MEDLINE; PubMed; Google Scholar databases; Medrxiv; SSRN serverSystematic Review and Meta-analysis13Multi-professional healthcare workersUntil Apr 2020COVID-19AnxietyNOSNIL23.2%
Salari et al[42], 2020SID; MagIran; IranMedex; IranDoc; ScienceDirect; Embase; Scopus; PubMed; Web of Science (ISI); Google ScholarSystematic Review and Meta-analysis29Multi-professional healthcare workersDec 2019 to Jun 2020COVID-19AnxietySTROBE checklistNIL25.8%
Salazar de Pablo et al[17], 2020Web of Science; grey literatureSystematic Review and Meta-analysis115Multi-professional healthcare workersJan 2020 to Apr 2020SARS,MERS,COVID-19Anxiety; BurnoutMixed Methods Appraisal Tool(MMAT)COVID: 25.0%; SARS: 38.2%; Any coronavirus:34.4%COVID: 22.2%;
SARS: 45.7%; Any coronavirus: 29.0%
Saragih et al[20], 2021PubMed; Academic Search Complete; CINAHL; Web of Science; MEDLINE Complete; SocINDEXSystematic Review and Meta-analysis38Multi-professional healthcare workersDec 2019 to Nov 2020COVID-19AnxietyJBI tool for cross-sectional studies and the 10-questions of JBI tool for case–control studiesNIL40.0%
Ślusarska et al, 2022[25]PubMed; Web of Science; SCOPUSSystematic Review and Meta-analysis23NursesMar 2020 to Feb 2021COVID-19AnxietyAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality 11-item checklistNIL29.0%
Sun et al[22], 2021PUBMED; EMBASE; WEBOF SCIENCESystematic Review and Meta-analysis47Multi-professional healthcare workersNov 2019 to Sep 2020COVID-19AnxietyModified NOSNIL38.0%
Xiong et al[21], 2022Medline; PsycINFO; EMBASE; the Cochrane Library (including Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews); Sinomed; CNKI, WanFang data; Medrxiv; SSRN servers; Google Scholar; daily updated WHO COVID-19databaseSystematic Review and Meta-analysis44Multi-professional healthcare workersUntil Jun 2020COVID-19AnxietyModified NOSNIL17.0%
Zhang et al[23], 2021PubMed; Embase; the Cochrane Library; E. B. Stephens Company data- base; Web of Science; ALOIS; PsycINFO; Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature database (CINAHL); ClinicalTrials.gov; Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI); Sinomed; Wanfang Data; Chongqing VIP databaseSystematic Review and Meta-analysis26 Multi-professional healthcare workersJan 2020 to May 2020COVID-19AnxietyQualityNIL27.0%